Guinness World Records have confirmed that the oldest man living at the moment is a Brazilian.
João Marinho Neto was 112 years 52 days old by the time he got confirmed by LongeviQuest in Apuiarés, Ceará, Brazil, on the 26th day of November 2024.
According to the Guinness World Records, Neto has been confirmed as the world’s oldest living man following the death of the UK’s John Tinniswood at age 112.
However, the oldest woman who currently lives in Japan remains the world’s oldest person still living.
Tomiko Itooka of Japan was recently presented with her Guinness World Records certificate at the age of 116, looking healthy.
Back to the oldest man, Joao Neto who was born in Maranguape, Ceará, Brazil, on 5 October 1912, he was previously recognized as the oldest living man in Brazil and in Latin America.
He is also now the last surviving man in the world who was born in 1912.
João was born into a family of farmers and moved with his parents to a rural area of Apuiarés.
He married Josefa Albano dos Santos (1920–1994), and they welcomed four children together – Antônio, José, Fátima, and Vanda.
He followed in his father’s farming footsteps, cultivating the land his then-wife inherited in Fazenda Massapê, to grow corn and beans as well as raising cattle, goats, pigs and chickens.
João later welcomed three more children – Vinícius, Jarbas, and Conceição – with partner Antonia Rodrigues Moura.
He has six living children, 22 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
João has been the oldest known living man in Latin America since the death of Juan Vicente Pérez of Venezuela, a former oldest living man.
Perez, unfortunately, died in early 2024 at the more than ripe age of 114.